Im making an application based on phonegap (cordova). I have tested it some times, and lately I saw a message in xcode that said "Plugin should use a background thread." So is it possible to make cordova plugins run in the background of the app? if so, please tell how. Thanks!
A background thread isn't the same that executing code while the app is in background, a background thread is used to don't block the UI while you execute a long task.
Example of background thread on iOS
- (void)myPluginMethod:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
{
// Check command.arguments here.
[self.commandDelegate runInBackground:^{
NSString* payload = nil;
// Some blocking logic...
CDVPluginResult* pluginResult = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsString:payload];
// The sendPluginResult method is thread-safe.
[self.commandDelegate sendPluginResult:pluginResult callbackId:command.callbackId];
}];
}
Example of background thread on android
@Override
public boolean execute(String action, JSONArray args, final CallbackContext callbackContext) throws JSONException {
if ("beep".equals(action)) {
final long duration = args.getLong(0);
cordova.getThreadPool().execute(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
...
callbackContext.success(); // Thread-safe.
}
});
return true;
}
return false;
}